Franklin Township is one of the fourteen townships

Civil township

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 of Mercer County

Mercer County, Ohio

Mercer County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. Its county seat is Celina and is named for Hugh Mercer, an officer in the American Revolutionary War.The Celina Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Mercer County.-Geography:...

, Ohio

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 2,303 people in the township, 2,112 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Jefferson Township
  Jefferson Township, Mercer County, Ohio
  Jefferson Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mercer County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 13,231 people in the township, 2,928 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Saint Marys Township, Auglaize County
  Saint Marys Township, Auglaize County, Ohio
  Saint Marys Township is one of the fourteen townships of Auglaize County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 11,600 people in the township, 3,457 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• German Township, Auglaize County
  German Township, Auglaize County, Ohio
  German Township is one of the fourteen townships of Auglaize County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,831 people in the township, 929 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast
• Marion Township
  Marion Township, Mercer County, Ohio
  Marion Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mercer County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,969 people in the township, 2,605 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Butler Township
  Butler Township, Mercer County, Ohio
  Butler Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mercer County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,459 people in the township, 1,977 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west

The village of Montezuma

Montezuma, Ohio

Montezuma is a village in Mercer County, Ohio, United States. The population was 191 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Montezuma is located at ....

 is located in northwestern Franklin Township.

Name and history

It is one of twenty-one Franklin Townships statewide

Franklin Township, Ohio

Franklin Township, Ohio may refer to:*Franklin Township, Adams County, Ohio*Franklin Township, Brown County, Ohio*Franklin Township, Clermont County, Ohio*Franklin Township, Columbiana County, Ohio*Franklin Township, Coshocton County, Ohio...

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Government

The township is governed by a three-member board of trustees, who are elected in November of odd-numbered years to a four-year term beginning on the following January 1. Two are elected in the year after the presidential election and one is elected in the year before it. There is also an elected township fiscal officer, who serves a four-year term beginning on April 1 of the year after the election, which is held in November of the year before the presidential election. Vacancies in the fiscal officership or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.